Jigsaw!

In Social Studies, the students are working on a mini research assignment in the jigsaw format.  That means that the class has been divided into six groups, and each group has been assigned the task of researching, preparing an overhead and visuals, and presenting information to their peers about one of the six original First Nations cultural regions that existed before the coming of the European explorers, centuries ago.  We are integrating our literacy skills of finding the main idea and supporting details, and using visuals to aid comprehension, into our history unit.  This also allows the huge task to be broken down into smaller chunks, and distributed between peers.  We will be answering an open response question for evaluation at the conclusion of all of the presentations, hopefully next week.  Ask your child which region they are researching!  Check out the photos.